The Jeff Crilley Show

We all have that “one day” dream—write the novel, tell the story, finally do the thing. But for most of us… that day never comes. That’s exactly why Wendy Wildt is here. She’s a speaker, bestselling author of the Buckets series, and she’s helping people stop waiting and start doing. In this episode, Wendy breaks down how to take that idea off the shelf, get out of your own way, and actually bring...

We started our podcast division and I believe 2019, and I felt we were pretty early to the game, but I can't hold a candle to my next guest Brianna Jovahn, the CEO of What's Good Productions. 

I’m a big fan of people who rise to the top of their field—and that’s exactly what my next guest has done. Joining me in studio is Amanda L. McCall, attorney and counsel at McCall Law Group.

Every entrepreneur has blind spots their team and spouse won't point out. Alison Canavan, an international speaker and transformational coach, has made it her life's work to help people see those blind spots — and she earned that expertise the hard way. A former international model who represented Ireland in the Ford Supermodel of the World competition at 16, Alison spent decades in the spotlight...

Most people who pitch corporate sponsors get ignored—not because their event isn't worth sponsoring, but because they don't know how to speak the brand's language. Audra Broad has spent over thirty years on the other side of that conversation, and she knows exactly where pitches go wrong. Audra is the President of Broad 360 Marketing. She spent nine years at Walt Disney ABC Radio building a nontra...

What happens when the business you built starts running you? Many founders hit a point where growth brings stress, team challenges, and the uncomfortable realization that everyone is watching how they lead. On this episode of The Jeff Crilley Show, Gayle Goodman Lynch, Business Life Coach and founder of CoEqual Network, shares how she helps entrepreneurs navigate that turning point. A 17+ year bus...

Most mortgage professionals talk about rates. Ross Wright talks about relationships — and then backs it up with over two decades of results. Wright runs nobodybeatsmyrates.com and works through Nexa Mortgage, which gives him access to over 300 different lending investors. That means when a big-box bank says no, he usually has another path forward. He's particularly passionate about serving veteran...

We load up on coffee to get going and pour a drink to wind down—then do it all over again tomorrow. Ayako DeRuby thinks there's a better way. Ayako is the founder of The Alchemy Yoga, a wellness studio built around yoga, meditation, and sound healing. She's been practicing Vipassana meditation since 2014, sits for two hours a day in silence, has led sold-out retreats in Costa Rica for three consec...

Texas' 32nd Congressional District covers eight counties, stretches from Northwest Dallas County almost to the Louisiana state line, and includes everything from dense urban neighborhoods to small rural towns losing their hospitals and pharmacies. Councilman Dan Barrios wants to represent all of it. Barrios currently serves on the Richardson City Council, where he puts in 40-45 hours a week in wha...

DIFFA Dallas has been putting on one of the most spectacular charity fashion events in the country since the 1980s—and it started as a group of friends raising money for friends during the AIDS crisis. Jeff Crilley welcomes three key figures behind the upcoming House of DIFFA: Richard Rivas (Trustee, DIFFA Dallas), Grant Farmer (Trustee, DIFFA Dallas), and Robyn Chauvin (Creative Director & Pr...

Here’s your text with clean, readable line breaks and structure: A neurologist gave Sandra Yancey’s daughter a 1% chance to live after a routine doctor’s visit went catastrophically wrong. Standing over her intubated daughter in the ICU, Sandra leaned in and whispered:   “You’ve been a one percenter your whole life. Here we go. Here we go again.” Months later, the same neurologist pulled down her...

Domestic oil production has skyrocketed, yet the United States hasn't built a major new refinery since the early 1970s—until now. John Calce, CEO and founder of America First Refining, joins Jeff Crilley to discuss his twelve-year mission to build a state-of-the-art refinery in Brownsville, Texas, designed specifically for American shale oil. In this episode, we cover: - Why the U.S. currently sen...

Everyone says AI will replace your workers, but the reality is more nuanced. Matt Rosen, Founder & CEO of Allata, points out that when Starbucks tried to automate everything, they actually ended up hiring more baristas because customers still craved human interaction. The real risk today isn't that AI takes your job—it's that you ignore AI and lose your competitive edge to someone who didn't. ...

Most of us start the day telling ourselves some version of "this is going to be hard" — and according to Dr. Lucette Beall, that one sentence is enough to keep your brain filtering out every solution available to you. Dr. Lucette is a veterinarian turned best-selling author, speaker, and mindset coach. After surviving cancer as a single parent with no safety net, and then nearly going bankrupt whi...

Most businesses have a name. Very few have a brand. Linda Ayoade has built her career closing that gap. Linda is the Founder and CEO of LOI Agency and The Posh Savant, two companies that help entrepreneurs and growing businesses develop brand strategies modeled on Fortune 500 approaches. She's also the creator of the Wow Conference—Walk on Water—an annual event that combines business education, mo...

The 1901 Spindletop gusher didn't just change Texas — it made the automobile affordable and reshaped the modern world. Julie DeWees Sparks spent forty years in the oil and gas business, starting at Getty Oil Company, and she's channeled all of that experience into her book Under Texas Skies. Julie sits down with Jeff Crilley to talk about the wildcatters who drilled dozens of dry holes before stri...

Could a handwriting sample tell you more about a job candidate than three rounds of interviews? Anagha Deshmukh thinks so — and she's built a practice around proving it. Anagha is a leadership expert, culture architect, and certified handwriting analyst with 23 years of experience as an electrical engineer leading global teams in corporate America. She now works with small business owners and C-su...

There's a massive shortage of electricians and registered nurses in America right now — and one Marine veteran is working to fill the gap from both sides. Jared DeRuby is the CEO of Talent Corps and Medical-Talent, two staffing companies he built from scratch after getting fired from a corporate job where he'd been the top sales producer for eight or nine years straight. A fourth-generation electr...

A prospect fed three roofing bids into Claude, and by 9 AM the AI had already picked the winner. That single story frames the whole conversation Jeff Crilley has with Steven Paul Matsumoto, president of Stigmare—a marketing strategist and serial entrepreneur who doesn't just theorize about growing businesses but has the receipts. Steven spent years as a senior leader for fixed operations at Lithia...

Jessica Spawn wrote her first children's book during one of the hardest seasons of her life — a divorce that left her feeling like an orphan kitten. That book became The Christmas Kitten, and it kicked off a series that now includes Vacation Kitten, a water safety title that cook children's picked up this year with 9,000 copies in circulation. Jessica is the host of Gal on the Prowl, a podcast and...

Ever notice how companies love to promote their best workers but almost never teach them how to actually lead? That gap is exactly what Glenna Hecht has spent her career closing. Glenna is a leadership strategist, author, and speaker who came up through training, human resources, and theater (yes, theater). On this episode of The Jeff Crilley Show, she explains why leading people today is harder t...

What happens when a leader's revenue is climbing but their best people keep walking out the door? Aaron Antillon found out on his 40th birthday, staring into a mirror and realizing that the quiet quitting, high turnover, and stressed-out teams in his church and two businesses all traced back to one source: him. Aaron is a DISC master trainer, personality strategy expert, and keynote speaker whose...

Melvina Hayes was four years old when she first appeared on television, and she never looked back. Three decades of performance and two-plus decades of writing later, she runs The Mpower Mint—a creative storytelling business with two distinct arms: a service engine producing marketing collateral for brands and corporations, and an IP division where she writes, directs, and produces her own work. H...

What happens when you check the organ donor box on your driver’s license? More than most people realize. One decision can help save up to eight lives and impact many more through tissue donation. That’s why this conversation matters. On this episode, we welcome Kelli James, Director of Marketing and Communications for Southwest Transplant Alliance. She joins us to share how organ donation works, w...

Most people get promoted because they're great at their job—not because anyone taught them how to lead. Amayea Maat has spent years coaching leaders inside Fortune 100 companies and entrepreneurial startups alike, and she's tired of the sanitized leadership advice that fills most bookshelves. Amayea is the Owner and Chief Inspiration Officer of Growth Peaks and author of the just-released Leadersh...